 | English | German  |  |
 | bitter {adj} [taste; also fig.: disappointment, setback, defeat, etc.] | 165 herb [bitter; auch fig.: Enttäuschung, Rückschlag, Niederlage etc.] |  |
 | outright {adj} | 152 klar [Sieg, Sieger, Niederlage] |  |
 | home {adj} [attr.] [e.g. cinema, match, advantage, defeat] | 25 Heim- [z. B. Kino, Spiel, Vorteil, Niederlage] |  |
 | hairsbreadth {adj} [Am.] [victory, defeat] | 9 knapp [Sieg, Niederlage] |  |
Nouns |
 | rout | 457 Schlappe {f} [ugs.] [Niederlage] |  |
 | sports hammering [football] [coll.] | 52 Klatsche {f} [ugs.] [hohe Niederlage] |  |
 | defeat | 43 Schlappe {f} [ugs.] [Niederlage] |  |
 | sports hiding [coll.] | 37 Klatsche {f} [ugs.] [hohe Niederlage] |  |
 | neol. bouncebackability [coll.] | [Fähigkeit, sich nach einer Niederlage oder einem Rückschlag nicht demoralisieren zu lassen] |  |
 | sports sweep [Am.] [coll.] [win in a series of games without defeat] | Sweep {m} [Sieg in einer Serie von Spielen ohne eigene Niederlage] |  |
2 Words |
 | sports 1-2 defeat [less common] [2-1 defeat] | 2:1-Niederlage {f} [weniger üblich] [1:2-Niederlage] |  |
 | sports 2-1 defeat | 2:1-Niederlage {f} [weniger üblich] [1:2-Niederlage] |  |
 | a going-over [coll.] [severe figurative beating] | eine Schlappe {f} [ugs.] [Niederlage, Misserfolg, Fiasko] |  |
3 Words |
 | to be on a trajectory towards sth. [towards a disaster, defeat, etc.] | auf etw.Akk. direkt zusteuern [auf eine Katastrophe, Niederlage etc.] |  |
4 Words |
 | to pull off an upset against sb. | jdm. eine unangenehme Überraschung bereiten [z. B. unerwartete Niederlage] |  |